Center Leadership Team and Staff
We strive to equip individuals with disabilities and their families as well as professionals and paraprofessionals with vital support and information.
Dalun Zhang, Ph.D.
Center Director
Office: Harrington Tower, 637C
Expertise: transition education and services for individuals with disabilities
Aimee Ortiz-Day
Program Coordinator II
Office: Harrington Tower 637J
Coordinates the following programs:
Camp LIFE
Purposeful Life
The Institute for Person-Centered Practices
Texas Transition Conference
Jacqueline S. Turner, Ph.D.
Research Specialist
979-458-0169 | jsturner@tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower 637G
Cheryl Grenwelge, Ph.D.
Director of Extension Transition Programs, Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Phone: 979-321-5019 | Fax: 979-845-6496 | chgrenwelge@ag.tamu.edu
Office: AGVS 115
Dr. Grenwelge is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
Eric Roberts, Ph.D.
Director of Employment Programs
Heather Dulas
Aggie ACHIEVE Director
Tracy Glass
PATHS Program Coordinator
Robin Miller
Researcher II
robin.miller@exchange.tamu.edu
Office: Harrington Tower – 637F
Robin is working with the Work-Based Learning Project is to create authentic work experiences for high school students with disabilities in Texas and with the Capacity Building Project to provide training and technical assistance to regional and local transition teams to build statewide capacity in providing quality transition services to students with disabilities.
Joette Hardin
Program Coordinator II
Vanessa Richard
Program Coordinator II
Mary Muyia
Program Coordinator II
Office: Harrington Tower – 637A
Mary will lead efforts within the Center on Disability and Development (CDD) to expand the public health workforce within the disability networks. She will develop educational materials and disseminate them to relevant communities, serve as a liaison between the CDD and community partners to help expand the public health workforce within the disability network.
Meagan Orsag, Ph.D.
Director of Rural Programs
Expertise: Transition; Postsecondary Access & Outcomes; Special Education Policy; Access and Equity; Equity Issues in Special Education; Qualitative Methods & Applications in Education Analysis; Leadership Preparation; Teacher Preparation.
